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Aldro on 07 November 2012
disolitude said:
Aldro said:
disolitude said:
When you consider the FOV, size of terrain, level of detail...even computer AI...Halo 4 is absolutely the best technical achievement on consoles this gen. Nothing was sacrificed to achieve the level of detail in Halo 4.

Uncharted 2, 3 and Halo 4 are top 3.

With all due respect my friend:
"Halo 4 is absolutely the best technical achievement on consoles this gen"

Now how about the visual part and not what is technically impressive?

Nothing was sacrificed you say: Yeah sure because the game itself is open. Think of it like this:

You are spending 10 hours making one area.

Will that area not look better if it was smaller and you could focus on every tiny tidbit detail as well as save space to have higher quality textures due to it not being as demanding?

Or would a much larger space where you just cant focus on every little tiny detail, and theres a lot of copy paste going on (im over exaggerating) in order to make that room complete.

At the end of the day: Were you to look at both games side by side without any knowledge of what is what (Halo is more open, Uncharted for example is not) do you realise which would be more of the "looker"?

Do any of you understand that if 343 made a game similar to Uncharted (im not saying they should and that you want it), but i am confident that the game would look drastically better. When discussing visuals and visuals alone, just use common sense. It really isnt that complicated.

Now were this thread renamed to "Halo 4 best technical and aesthetic game of this gen", then that's atleast a much more valid thing to say.


I am not sure if you're arguing my statement as incorrect or saying that it's correct but if we focus on visuals alone Halo 4 isn't better than other games.

In some sense I agree with your statement that different types of games are optimized for visuals, aka 'eye candy'. However in my opinion, different types of games can be compared as well.

When doing that, one must take everything in to account. Things like frame rate and how much it dips, draw distance, pop in, character models, lighting, freedom of camera...etc. 

Hence visuals become a technical achievement measurement, and not just screenshot vs screenshot. 

There are games like Crysis 2 and God of War which look amazing in screenshot but they use visible tricks to achieve that level of detail (fixed camera, limited draw distance, retarded AI).

In my opinion, Uncharted 2 and 3 and Halo 4, when looked in the grand scheme of things are the cream of the crop for current console gaming showcasing what's technically possible in terms of visual presentation.

Fair points! :)



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Aldro on 07 November 2012
BenVTrigger said:
Aldro said:
BenVTrigger said:
Aldro have you played Halo 4?

You keep mentioning stuff like particle effects and textures, two areas where Halo 4 is phenominal at. As well as its lighting and facial animations.

Yeah, I havent beaten it yet so keep it spoiler free for me. Textures are not as good as my fave linear games. It makes me wonder if you have played Uncharted 3 but I wont go there.

 

The lightning is insane, probably the best indeed! Facial animations are pretty good yeah. The CGI is where its at best though ;).


of course I played Uncharted 3.  Im not saying Halo 4 has the best textures, Id say UC3, GOW3, and Gears 3s character models are the best.

 

But Halo 4 8s right in that same area and your mention8ng its textures like they are weak

Thats because when I look into the ground, I am not impressed. So heres my number, so call me crazy!

xD



Jaywood2010 on 07 November 2012
teigaga said:
CGI-Quality said:
teigaga said:


Now I think of it, I don't think I've seen any PC games which I would say look as good. 

Let's not go that far, or you will invite many PC folks to post screenshots / footage that will troll this place. ;)

In truth, Halo 4 is probably the best looking FPS on console(s) as well as best looking 360 title, but definitely not ahead of top PC titles. Aesthetics or otherwise.

No, I stand by what I said. Its a personal preference. when I look at the best looking PC games; Crysis, Battlefield, Witcher 2 I can honestly say that I find Halo 4 more stunning. The same way I would say Mario Galaxy trumps many HD platformers in the visuals department.

Oh, since it's personal preference then I'd have to say the best looking game of all time is.......Pong.  

Just look at that staight line!






       

Aldro on 07 November 2012
JayWood2010 said:
teigaga said:
CGI-Quality said:
teigaga said:


Now I think of it, I don't think I've seen any PC games which I would say look as good. 

Let's not go that far, or you will invite many PC folks to post screenshots / footage that will troll this place. ;)

In truth, Halo 4 is probably the best looking FPS on console(s) as well as best looking 360 title, but definitely not ahead of top PC titles. Aesthetics or otherwise.

No, I stand by what I said. Its a personal preference. when I look at the best looking PC games; Crysis, Battlefield, Witcher 2 I can honestly say that I find Halo 4 more stunning. The same way I would say Mario Galaxy trumps many HD platformers in the visuals department.

Oh, since it's personal preference then I'd have to say the best looking game of all time is.......Pong.  

Just look at that staight line!

That.. line.. is.. PERFECT! Look at that shit!



Argh_College on 07 November 2012

Indeed this game looks amazing!



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cunger on 07 November 2012
JoeTheBro said:
At the very beginning I was seriously disappointed. The ship and everything just looked so meh.

But then the scenery changed and at that overlook I was like woah! Defiantly the best looking 360 game.


From what I've seen of it it doesn't seem to have the same level of detail as Battlefield 3 or the latest Killzone.



selnor on 07 November 2012

LOL.

I agree. Its something beautiful.

DF had this to say.

" In an era where the likes of Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica have defined the graphical state-of-the-art with Uncharted and God of War, Xbox 360 finally has its own shot at the title - and it's a genuinely worthwhile, lavish and occasionally even breathtaking experience."

So even technically its up there with a genuine shout.

Genuinely noone can knock anyone down for saying Halo 4 best visuals. It has every right to have that label or at least fight for it.

To me its lighting is truly unmatched even by the late Forza Horizon. Everything is Epic, well textured and filled with detail.

Awesome.



deskpro2k3 on 07 November 2012

The grass looks horrible. Just look at the textures of the grass..



torok on 07 November 2012
platformmaster918 said:
God of War 3, Uncharted 2 and 3, MGS4, Resistance 3, and Heavy Rain look better. I would also argue games with unique art styles and cell shading are better looking in some cases like R&C: ACiT, LBP2, Journey, and soon Puppeteer but that's more just personal preference.

I agree with Uncharted 3, GOW 3 and maybe Heavy Rain, but Resistance 3 isn't a game with very good graphics. Killzone 3 is far superior, even in 3D.

Anyway, Uncharted 3 really looks amazing, specially the desert and the city on Libia. Now, people are saying that GOW3 uses tricks and is too linear too look that good, this is too far from truth. People forget that in the opening sequence it's necessary to render Kratos, almost a dozen enemies, Gaia and the other titans fighting Poseidon, including physics and the interation between them. 

 

 

JayWood2010 said:

Oh, since it's personal preference then I'd have to say the best looking game of all time is.......Pong.  

Just look at that staight line!

Amazing antialiasing here. One of the best ones I've ever seen.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

selnor on 07 November 2012

Some awesome Halo 4 footage. Alot of the ambient lighting is lost in the video translation and must be seen in real life.